Improvement in pumps



' y' einem @sans anni @with o'sEPH SEEBERGER, or WEST TROY,

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`LettersPatent N'o. 8d9,892, dated Illu/yV 11, 1869.

The Schedule `referred tor'in these` Letters Patent and maln'ng' part of the same.

Be itknown that we, J O HN SEEBERGERand JOSEPH SEEBERGER, of thetown of West Troy, Albany county, NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumps for Liquids, .where by several kinds of liquids'can be drawn, without mixing, and

the unused part returned whence itwas drawn; `and f' .we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

andexactdescription thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming, a partofJ this.` specification, andthe letters of reference marked thereon', in whichi Figure 1 represents a perspective view of pump. Figure 2, a perpendicular section. Figure 3'is a vertical view from-under side. Figures 4 and 5 are verticl viewsof revolving itom, `-with valves from top. s f

Figure `6 is a cross-section through revolving'bottom and itsbed, showing manner of packing.`

' Figures 7 and S'are cross-sections of the same, showand the piston, or plunger, is made solid, and properly connected with its lifting-rod, or bars and leverhandle. N A revolving chamber-bottom, provided-with a single-valve,is set in afixed bed. i The said revolving bottom is packed with leather, on ,its under side, and filled with'tallow, so as to properly t the top ofthe xed bed in'which it sets.

` The valve of` the revolving bottom is free to moveV in a horizontal direction,v and is provided with a bevelled projection on its under side, by which the valve .is raised when the bottom is turned.

The'iixedbed in which the revolving bottom works i is pierced-with several holes, to receive as many pipes, or tubes, through which thliquids are to be drawn.

These pipe-holes are so placed as to permitmhe projections of the'valves entering them, when required, when the valve closes, and when the revolving bottom is turned, the projectionrises up from those' holes, and [lifts the valve Y 1 l A shaft, connecting `with and secured to the revolving bottom, passes down through thelixed bed below it..A And to the said shaft, iixed below, isa mitre-gear. l V

The saidmitre-gear is Worked bylanother mitregear, fixed to a s outer shell of the base of the pump.

which is passed through the- "lo Vthe outside of the base of the pump is attached a dial-plate, laid off` with lines radiating from the centre. i

The -said lines are numbered l, 2,` 85o., in number corresponding with the number ofpipes connected with the fixed bed.- Shorter linesare also drawn to near the indexnumbered lines'. i The. shaft connecting with the second mitre-gear, after passing through the shell of the base, also passes through the dial-plate, and is providedwith a thumbpiece, by which it may be revolved. f

' One side `of the thumb-piecefisprovided 'with a pointer, which is turned to near theY face of the dial,

v` and when moved 'over to one of` lthe numbered lines, boti the pump, when worked, will draw froma pipe corresponding with such a numberedY line, and whenthe pointer is moved a littleldlstance along, over the ,short line, the valve will'be raised, and the undisch'arged liquid will `be returned .to the'vessel whence it was drawn, through the same pipe.

The duct, through which the liquids are to b e discharged from the pump-chamber, is provided with a stopper, which stopper is furnished with a shaft, or steadyment, coiled with a spring, andcanbe thrown against the in'ner discharge-hole of the duct `by an v eccentric, made in =the-shaft of .a thumb-piece, placed near `the extreme end of the duct-holder.

The discharge-spout, 'or nozzle, connects with the main duct, at the top of its shell, and turnsl down below its lower surface-line.

' A vent, provided with a float, is. pla`ced over, and

connects with the ductchamber, which, while it prevents the escape of the liquid therefrom, will also admit air, to force out whatever'liquid might possibly bein the nozzle after the operation of thepump has4 ceased. To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, j we will proceed to describe it, in refer- 'ence to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, the same detters indi- `eating like parts.

A, gs. 1A and v2, represents thechamber of -a pump. B is the plu'nger, suitably packed, and connected with the handle, G, by meansof the connecting-bars a a, and is kept steady by the pistonrod, b.

' D, tigs. 2, 4, 5, and 6, represents the revolving chamber-bottom, which/is providedwith a valve, V, gs. 2,'

4, and 7.

The said valve A holding-bar, d, figs. 4 and 7, keeps thevalvc from rising out tot' its recess, e. I

Two parts, f f, are also provided on each side of the valve V, and connect with the ecess e.

This-revolving bottom D is packed with leather, g,` as shown` in iig. 6, and secured to the bottom by the dovetail lips, impinging and holding down on the bevel V is provided with a projection, 0,. placed on its under side, as shown in iig. 7.

edges of the said leather, gr,V which is well saturated, on its under side, with tallow.

E, figs. 4, 6, and 7, is the fixed bed, in which Works the revolving bottom D.`

This fixed bed is pierced with several holes, as shown in fig. 3, and by the dotted lines in figs. 4 and 5.

These holes are to receive the pipes, or tubes, 7L h, figs.'6, 7, and 8.

The said pipes connect with the vessels below, which are to hold several kinds of liquids.

The revolving bottom D is connected with a shaft, i, figs. 2, 6, 7, and 8.

The said shaft@- passes through the fixed bed E,'

and is attached to a mitre-gear, lt, and is steadied -by the bar l, g. 3, at the base of the pump. f

A second mitre-gear, m, attached to theshaft n, passes through the shell of the base, and through the dial-face, o, gs. l and 3, and shown by red lines in figy 2, andgis provided witha thumb-piece, p, by which it may be worked.

The face of the said dial o is marked offwith the lines 1, 2, 3, and numbered thus, with numbers corresponding with such lines.

The said-lines, and the numbers marked thereon, are to correspond with the number of pipes, Ior tubes h, which may be connected with the fixed bed E.

Shorterlines, fr, are made near the numbered lines 1, 2, and 3. y

The numbered linesindicate when the valveV is directly over any oneof the corresponding pipes h, when the pointer s', of the thumb-piece p, is made to cover such a numbered line; and when the said pointer s' is moved so as to cover a short line, fr, it indicates that the valve V, shown by dotted lines in g. 7 has passed over the pipe-hole h a little, enough to just raise the said valve up, but not entirely from over the said pipe-hole h.

When the valve V is directly over the pipe7z,'the pump will draw from such pipe only; and when the valve is passed a little to one side, so that its projection c is just passed out the opening, the liquid, if' any,"wi1l pass back through the same pipe, into the vessel whence it was drawn.

The duct t, figs. 1 and 2, is provided with a chamber, G. l

.In this chamber Works a stopper, u, furnished with a shaft, u', which is coiled with a spring.

An eccentric, W, worked by the thumb-piece W',

impinges the end of the stopper-shaft u', and throws` it forward, so as to close the hole x, communicating with the chamber G, of the duct, and chamber A, of

the pump.

When the thumb-piece W is turned so as to stand perpendicular, the stopper is from the opening z, and when turned horizontal, the stopper is thrown against the said hole.

A nozzle, or spout, y, leads from the duct-chamber G, for the discharge ofthe liquids.

A vent, Z, isalso provided close to the shell of the chamber A, and communicates with the ductfchamber G;

lhisvent is provided with a doat, Z', which prevents the escape of' the liquids in that direction, vand at the same time admits air, to drive out what liquid may be in the nozzle y.

The mode of operating this pump is as follows:

'The thumb-piece p, figs. l and 3, is turned until the pointer s comes over one of the numbered lines, say

line 2. The turning of the said thumb-piece p moves the mitre-gear m, which works the mitre-gear 7c, attached to the shaft t', and connected with the revolving bottom D, which isworked thereby, and turns round until the valve Visdirectly over the pipe which corresponds with the numbered line 2, covered by the pointer s.

The hand-lever U is now operated, in the usual manner, and the liquid is drawn up through the valve V, which rises up by force of the suction, and admits the said liquid into thc chamber A, above, when it is forced out, through the opening x, into the duct-cham ber G, aud from thence, through the nozzle i, out.

When sufficient liquid has been drawn, the pointer s, of' the thumb-piece p, is turned'over to the short line r, and the bottom D is turned a little, to throw up its valve V above the upper surface of the fixed bed E, yet not from directly over' the openings, or

pipes h, when the liquid in the chamber A is permitted to run back into the vessels below, through the recess e; ports ff, and the pipe whence it was drawn.

When the pressure of the liquid is great, such as may arise. from present-use beer, the eccentric W is turned by the thumb-piece W', so as to stand in a horizontal position, and the stopper u is thrown against the hole x, of the duct-chamber G, and when the pump is to be used again, the said stopper is permitted to have only the force of its spring, which is secured by turning the thumb-piece W in a perpendicular posi-v tion. Instead of a valve V, as shown in gs. 4 and 7, valves may be used as shown in figs. 5 and 6. This valve is hinged, and is otherwise constructed and operated as those in figs. 4 and 7, which we prefer.

Having described our invention, What We claim, and desire' to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. 'lhe revoiving bottom D, furnished with the valve AV, constructed as described, in combination with the fixed vbed E, withv one or more pipe-holes h, all arranged and constructed as and for the purpose specified.'

2. The revolving bottom D, packed with the leather g, as shown in fig. 6, and in combination with the shaft i, and the mitre-gears k and m, as and for the purpose set forth and described.

3. The dial-faccio, furnished with the numbered lines l, 2, 3, and short lines lr, in ,combination with the thumb-'piece p, Withits pointer s and mitre-gears m and k, all arranged and operated as4 and for the purpose set forth as specified.

4. The eccentric W, worked by its thumb-piece W', in combination with the stopper u, as and for the purpose set forth and described.

5. The vent Z, provided'with the float Z', in combination with the chamber G and nozzle y, as and for the purpose specified.

6. A pump constructed with the chamber A, plunger B, in combination with a revolving bottom, D, furnished with a valve, V, and moving in the pierced fixed bed E, by means of the shafts i and u', and the mitre-gears k and m, as and for the purpose set forth and described.

JOHN SEEBERGER. JOSEPH SEEBERGER. Witnesses:

ALEX. SELKIRK, Jas. A. BUCKEE, Jr. 

